To:G. V. CHICHERIN

Written:Written on July 20, 1921Published:First published in 1965 inCollected Works, Fifth (Russian) Ed., Vol. 53.

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      Moscow,Volume 45,

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ComradeChicherin:

Ihave just read yesterday’s C.P.C. decision on the
matter of the Petrograd port. The text shows that the decision
has been adopted and that the contract is to be
framed by a special Commission with the participation
of the P.C.F.A., the All-Russia Extraordinary Commission,
and the Petrograd Soviet. Introduce your concrete proposal
and try to get it through in this
Commission.[1]

[1]Areference to G. V. Chicherin’s protest against the proposal to
conclude a concession agreement with the British Bolton
Company to set up a free port in Petrograd. Chicherin said that this
would create a grave threat to the Republic’s external security.

Thisquestion was repeatedly discussed by the C.L.D. and the
Narrow C.P.C. Eventually, the proposal was not accepted,